Philosophy
The Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Explores miracles as dimensions of everyday existence through the lens of religious naturalism.
Neo-Confucian Ecological Humanism
Addresses Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi’s neo-Confucianism from the perspective of contemporary ecological humanism.
The Love of Ruins
Explores issues related to race and religion in Lovecraft criticism.
Brechtian Cinemas
Explores the influence of Bertolt Brecht’s ideas on the practice and study of cinema.
Essays on the Foundations of Ethics
Presentation of C. I. Lewis's final book, formulating a cognitivistic ethics.
Plato's Statesman
Explores the interplay between the dramatic form of the dialogue and the basic themes it addresses.
The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows
Examines various Tibetan interpretations of the Uttaratantra, the most authoritative Indic commentary on buddha-nature.
Viva Voce
Firsthand perspectives on the past, present, and future of contemporary Italian philosophy.
Quasi-Things
An aesthetic and phenomenological account of feelings.
The Debt of the Living
An analysis of theological and philosophical understandings of debt and its role in contemporary capitalism.
The Legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith
First work to address the legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith and his influence on the development of religious studies and Islamic studies in the twentieth century.
Centering and Extending
An original metaphysical proposal building on classical and contemporary sources.
Participation and the Mystery
A groundbreaking and hopeful new look at contemporary spirituality, transpersonal psychology, integral education, and religious diversity and pluralism.
Failing Desire
Draws on theology and queer theory to argue for the power of humiliating pleasures in a culture oriented very strongly to denying any enjoyment that is not about success.
Entanglements
Presents strikingly original and contemporary answers to the most traditional philosophical problems in epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and political theory.
Toward a Non-humanist Humanism
Assesses the limits and possibilities of humanism for engaging with issues of pressing political and cultural concern.
Dark Affinities, Dark Imaginaries
A story of self, braided to a story of American culture.
Philosophy, History, and Tyranny
The first comprehensive examination of the debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève on the subject of philosophy and tyranny.
Zhuangzi's Critique of the Confucians
Looks at the Daoist Zhuangzi's critique of Confucianism.
German Idealism's Trinitarian Legacy
A study of the roots and legacy of German Idealist philosophy for trinitarian theology.
Containing Community
Analyzes the role of community in the writings of Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito, and Jean-Luc Nancy.
Merleau-Ponty and the Face of the World
Assesses Merleau-Ponty’s contribution to ethics as calling for a poetic interplay between perception and imagination, and between silence and solidarity, that reveals our place in the world, and our obligations to ourselves and others.
Freedom from the Free Will
Brings Kafka’s fiction into conversation with philosophy and political theory.
International Disaster Management Ethics
Responds to the demanding political and ethical challenges faced by the international disaster management community.
Regarding Life
Contends that the narrative and aesthetic qualities of the documentary genre enable new understandings of animals and animal/human relationships.